Support for musical instruments.



w. l. KIRK.

RT FOR M USICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

WALTER I. ink, or

To all whom it may concern:

Be, it knownthat I, WALTER I. KIRK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chi cago, in the county -of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement 1n Supports for Musical.

Instruments, of which the following is a full,

clear, concise, and exact descriptiom'refer- 'ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My, invention relates to supports for musical instruments. Y

Prominent objects of the invention are to provide a support ,upon: whichaharp or other instrument may be mounted and moved or shifted as required in playing; to provide a smooth surface for the foot of the operator.-

or player; to arrange for the placing and maintaining of a chair for the player in proper position with reference to said harp or instrument; to permit an adjustment of said chair to various different desired positions without disturbing said harp or instrument or its relationship thereto; and to accomplish the foregoing and other desirable results in a simple and practical manner.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view of a harp and a person playin the same, together with a support for said arp embodying my invention, and a cha1r used in connection with the support for the player;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the support by itself.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a harp 1, and a lady 2 playing the same, and a support 3, on which the harp 1 is mounted. The lady 2 is sitting upon a chair 4 which is arranged in connection with the support 3 as will be hereinafter set forth.

The support 3 is preferably of elliptical shape with rounded ends 5 and 6 and sub stantially straight sides 7-7 between the latter. This support is made of suitable material, such as vulcanized fiber, friction board or the like, and of moderate thickness, as best shown in Fig. 1. It is preferably made flat so that it will lie flat upon the floor or other fiat surface. It is desirably provided with marks 8, 99 and 10-10, which may be conveniently stenciled on, indicating the position where the harp may advantageously be placed. An extension member 11 conveniently in the form of a cross bar is pivoted to one end of the support 3 at 12, whereby said Specification of Letters Patent.

.onioaso, rrnmors, ASSIGNOR T0 LYON: & HEALY, or CHICAGO, f ILLINOIS,-A CORPORATION or ILLINoIs. J

' 1 sorron FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Patented Apr. 15,1919

Application filed August 4, 1916. Serial No. 113,077.

member 11 may be moved or swung rela- '55 tively to thesupport 3 about the pivotal connection. The'member 11 is preferably provided with sockets l414 or other suitable devices adapted to receive the lower ends of the front legs 4 of the chair 4. Thus it will be seen that the chair 4; by having the lower ends of its front legs inserted in the sockets 14, may be placed in proper position relatively to and at proper distance from the h:;u."p '1'when the latter is in the indicated vpos tlon upon the support? The ch air l may be further adjusted to one side or the other to bring about the desired angular relatlon with reference to the chair and the harp by a shifting of the chair and:consequently a shifting of the member 11, without disturbing said harp and without changing the proper distance of the chair from the harp. Furthermore, a shifting or slipping of the chair away from the harp as the latter is played and the pedals operated is prevente The support it will be seen is very thin and so may be readily packed and shipped in a small flat space. for shipment in a harp trunk and in fact I so arrange and have in a separate application executed by me of even date herewith, shown a harp trunk with a support such as disclosed herein arranged and confined within such trunk. In said other application I have claimed the trunk and support together, covering in the present application the support alone.

It will be understood that changes and 90,

modifications may be made without departin from the spirit of the invention.

at I claim is: 1. A device of the class specified compris ing a piece of stiff material having one end of a size to accommodate the base of a harp and the feet of the person playing the same, said piece of material being extended to and terminated at about the location where the front of the players chair should be located,

in combination with a supplemental member comprising a cross piece pivotally connected to the end of said piece of material remote from said end and provided with sockets for engaging the lower ends of the front legs of p the players chair.

2. A support for musical instruments comprising a piece of stiff material having an It is particularly adapted 80 upper stir-face a ffii Zfisfiffig'liflt' fio21666111 modate the base of the musical instrument and also to. accommodate thei feet of the player'arid a 1evice=for engagin the; freo I legs of the players chair,'"s'a'id prising a piece of stiff material h2W iifg at one end a surface of a size to accommqdatethe in'stmm t, itnd'the otlier emf f and a-f-cmss bar-pivot eonnected to device' being adj ustably connected withthe gortio eo f the piece of material accommodatlng'the play- V fernmslea""nsti umefits eein prising anelhhtical'sha ed ic'ce'efmater -1-'- i I? is' ef aa'si-ze-tb accemmcdais the ase- C v I ich is'ef a" size" w' aeecmmedat feet ofthe', player; x e

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